The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1887-06-12

years, and was then employed as sort Of
came car p n. With was ssIshy csSaStsSSe, 9s
fh ee s station or an ooS wv way S
AETNA small wesRy se ~ and In the bargain
was agreed that SHOULD Serry ny d father
Snsh nS R osi sooo asaawI and pSss
81 pie vas always on at the St IoiS.r OF H.
H"You viii readily sec, cir, that the oircum.
stances furnished sharr man tho occasion to
1ofor sf hey sSyV We're taken aaysntags
couple OF crooks, one OF whom was IRON Eng;
Ss tas Ss r. Re Ssn
and back. II was known why I made, the trip
how father reeeiyed me- ne, and how iong re-.
let me out and sometimes, stood at the door
It tit" turned out, tho crooks nut II I'm to get int9
tho bank as cams 0 ut az sHst On tSa bea
s sod a b ay p mat Ia he Was invariably
other end Of his beat. FIVE SQUARES away The
business A. that e wSf W IN sleep
in doorway or patrol his beat as he was In.
clined. 1twas a pretty good man on that boat
As i Ills is smoking was mostly done at the other
ond OF his beat, no was certain to take dis ume
aHo Dd ffPR avs S %y ssuspelonsa did air. Beg
ging Your pardon for what seems like poast::
%s tsnR hsSssp a.
sibiiiiss moro than he did himself yass
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the tRird foarth and nth nights and
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Something for me. and as We arrived at the
SsnS ds sp n anal hs ed T n me cps :aa B:
time I saw tho policeman smoking his pipe In
~ Now. sir. i hope you won't lay 4 up against
once, f9r that L the truth: While ! swsiioySd
PSs n sa' At ta pna e
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over. explained to the man that It would be
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me. Father straishtened out, seeming t 70 have
the men we're on their feet the one In upiIorH
On ON thy sc ssvsr 70
or d asad snee aHP e hs shs SunRR hs e:
was turned down, ! could see the l sl!ghtest
deliberate way and said:
bSE aa m gu 90 Rhspe
81 II SsS i $ e. ri he STOP
ped him by saying the report would arouse
some ono. Coward that he WAS. he dared not
advance upon me. but suddenly Hung the stoo
ut my head. 1t struck the lamp with a great
and in sesond h
shot, and Mn had put in Whole HANDFUL There
and one won't to the floor. with heavy crash
while tho other staggered to the door, opened
saI fm Ss mMSSs 8 tbs sPa
right for him., shouting for the. police. and
rs he turned and saw me I called to
him to. halt or i would give him the
other barrel -, Well, sir. I held him
right there until an 0i f came 70 take bin
our 81 shot n
daZed. When wo entered the bank we found
across his feet was the dead body OF the other
crook. Nearly the whole charge OF shot bad
struck him in the breast, and he was dead In
side OF a minute.
into scrap book. They made me out hero
and they praised me much more than do.
served told the story Just as 1t was to the
bank people. and the result was that was put
In to watch with father. and We were there to-
gether for the next ton years. The .woundst
went he owned UP like 9 man to al have tod
ing four knocks, and thoy had him down
before he knew what was up. II left updts
turbed, they would have made big haul, as the
bank money was easy to get at. Since weel
and, though have had no other change to
play the hero, the fact that am kept In my
place Is evidence OF faithfulness"